Every football season has tales of success against adversity and in League One this season, Charlton Athletic have perhaps delivered one of the best.

They’re beset by off field problems; they have an owner who doesn’t seem to care about the club and lost their leading scorer in January without being able to replace him.

They appointed a ‘cheap option’ when Karl Robinson left, former coach and player Lee Bowyer who had little experience of managing, unless you count a fishing lake.

What they’ve done is turn all of that into a shield to defend themselves, created an ‘us and them’ mentality that even extends to the owners and money men above them. There’s a unity between the players, backroom staff and fans that’s not only kept them afloat, but driven them on to success.

They’re into the play-offs and remarkably they finished third in the table, setting up a game with Doncaster Rovers. They’ve avoided the big guns, Pompey and Sunderland, but Grant McCann’s side won’t be a pushover.

With respect, they’re not quite as impressive as the other two though and in ascending to third Charlton have given themselves great hope of getting to the play-off final and maybe sneaking into the Championship.

They’ve got the momentum behind them; they’re top of the six game form table with Doncaster eighth and Sunderland as far down as 18th.

What they’ve now got to do is remain focused, despite the contract situations that seem to be developing at the club. Key players could leave in the summer, even the manager has yet to pen a new deal, but if they achieve promotion maybe they’ll keep everything together.

An awful lot hinges on their ability to get through the next three matches. Joe Aribo, Patrick Bauer and Igor Vetokele could all leave, as well as a host of others. If they go up, then the club will surely be a more tempting proposition and maybe they’ll hang on to a couple of those stars.

With form in their favour and strong management too, there’s no reason why they can’t at least grace the Wembley turf at the end of the month.